Total Crime Rate

313.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

132.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 313.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 132.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 87.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 45.2 10/10
  • Public order 33.9 10/10
  • Burglary 11.3 9/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West View area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Matthew's , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 447 local areas in Preston .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around West View (PR1 5EP) in the last 12 months was 313.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.5% higher than the St Matthew's average (205.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 132.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West View (PR1 5EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thorn Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West View area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Thorn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bootle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rufus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Crompton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rydal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bootle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cecilia Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bootle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Holman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Holman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Skeffington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eccles Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cemetery Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorn Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crompton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poynter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dodgson Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poynter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dodgson Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dodgson Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dodgson Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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